Police in Lagos State say they have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission registration centre in the state. <\/p>\n
In statement on Thursday, the state Police Command also disclosed that the operators of the fake centre has been arrested.<\/p>\n
The command said the operators were arrested by men of the Rapid Response Squad following a tip-off, painstaking background check and verification.<\/p>\n
In a statement titled, \u2018Police bust fake CAC registration centre in Lagos\u2019 and signed by the command\u2019s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, the police said the centre was located in Jobi Fele Way, Alausa Business District, Alausa, Ikeja.<\/p>\n
According to the police, five suspects manning the centre were arrested for forgery and impersonating CAC officials.<\/p>\n
The statement read, \u201cThose arrested include Gloria Ukaegbu aged 28, Omolere Kayode aged 30, Taiwo Ajayii aged 34, Nwachukwu Brenda aged 27 and Oluwatomisin Adebisi aged 25.<\/p>\n
\u201cLed by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, the operatives recovered several forged CAC documents, a Toyota Sienna and a Toyota Matrix used as makeshift offices for their nefarious transactions.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary investigation reveals that the syndicate has swindled hundreds of people through fake CAC registrations.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti for further investigations and eventual prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police in Lagos State say they have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission registration centre in the state. In statement on Thursday, the state Police Command also disclosed that the operators of the fake centre has been arrested. The command said the operators were arrested by men of the Rapid Response Squad following a tip-off, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":197839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[871,42452,431,27],"class_list":["post-205029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-cac","tag-fake-registration-centre","tag-lagos","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"\n